Russia’s NefteGazIndustriya lets contract for Afipsky refinery

March 21, 2017
NefteGazIndustriya LLC, through a project developer, has let a contract to Houston-based CB&I to provide additional services related to the modernization of its 5.25 million-tonne/year Afipsky refinery at Krasnodar, Russia.

NefteGazIndustriya LLC, through a project developer, has let a contract to Houston-based CB&I to provide additional services related to the modernization of its 5.25 million-tonne/year Afipsky refinery at Krasnodar, Russia (OGJ Online, July 20, 2015).

CBI’s scope of work covers detailed engineering, procurement, construction management, and commissioning services of multiple process units, including a 2.5 million-tpy hydrocracker unit licensed by CB&I-Chevron Corp. joint venture Chevron Lummus Global LLC, the service provider said.

This latest contract follows previously announced contract awards to CB&I for the Afipsky revamp project, including technology licensing and front-end engineering design for process units, as well as detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication, and supply of a steam methane reformer for a large-scale hydrogen plant, hydrocracking heaters, and Breech-Lock exchangers (OGJ Online, Apr. 20, 2015).

Afipsky revamp

Designed to increase the refinery’s processing capacity and oil conversion ratio in order to improve product quality, the three-phased Afipsky modernization project will include the expansion and renovation of the existing refinery as well as the construction of a high-conversion refinery at the site.

Stage 1 will involve the expansion of current production installations to increase the refinery’s crude oil processing capacity to 6 million tpy and to optimize feedstock supply logistics.

Stage 2 of the project will include building a high-conversion refinery in order to lift the site’s oil conversion ratio to 82% and boost production of products with specifications that meet requirements of the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union of Russia.

A third and final stage of the modernization will involve construction of a delayed coking unit designed to increase the complex’s oil conversion ratio to 93% and maximize production of both Euro 5 diesel fuel and light oil, NefteGazIndustriya said.

Alongside the hydrocracking, distillation, and visbreaking units, the high-conversion refining complex also will include a diesel fuel hydrotreater, according to the Russian refiner.

The modernization project is scheduled to be fully commissioned by yearend 2019, according to the latest information from NefteGazIndustriya.

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